The violent death of an unpopular village resident is initially blamed on an infectious disease, but an investigation shows that everybody in the village had a reason to murder him.

Design.Of.Death.2012.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/4846C451BAFD9A0/Design.Of.Death.2012.mkv

Language(s):Chinese
Subtitles:English, Chinese

The post Guan Hu – Sha sheng AKA Design of Death (2012) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
When an obnoxious detective loses his gun to four young thugs, it’s up to the P.T.U. (Police Tactical Unit) and their iron-willed leader to recover the weapon and clean up the mess before daybreak.

PTU.2003.576p.BluRay.x264-Redacted.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/F2E34385321CB09/PTU.2003.576p.BluRay.x264-Redacted.mkv

Language(s):Cantonese
Subtitles:English, Chinese

The post Johnnie To – PTU: Into the Perilous Night (2003) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

In this “cops and robbers” film, a raid on a jewelry store staged by a band of amateur hold-up artists goes horribly wrong, leading to a shoot-out. The elite Organized Crime Bureau team, headed by Captain Ching King Gen, is poised to go into action at a moment’s notice. Working as a unit, they bring law and order to Hong Kong streets, where they must rely on their courage and skills to survive.

Expect the Unexpected.1998.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/48DBEE889A3C395/Expect_the_Unexpected.1998.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

Language(s):Cantonese
Subtitles:English, French, Chinese

The post Tat-Chi Yau & Johnnie To – Fai seung dat yin AKA Expect the Unexpected (1998) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
A young woman is forced to marry an older man who runs a roadhouse saloon. She is constantly being raped by her husband, a drunken loutish brute. She harbors a young man wanted by the police in a murder case, and soon the fugitive and the young wife have a torrid affair as she continues to hide him from the authorities.

Burning.Snow.1988.LDRip.x264-pirata00.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/628D0CFB51BDB3C/Burning.Snow.1988.LDRip.x264-pirata00.mkv

Language(s):Cantonese, Mandarin
Subtitles:English, Chinese (Both Hardcoded)

The post Patrick Tam – Xue zai shao AKA Burning Snow (1988) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

An abnormal taxi driver lusts for blood every rainy night, and several young women are killed as a result. The muderer, Laiu, likes to take photos of the victims dismembered bodies as momentos. Inspector Lee is called onto the case in this bizarre thriller.

Dr Lamb.1992.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/D9E2E4D7BF677A6/Dr_Lamb.1992.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv
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https://nitro.download/view/62E1DD2B70013F8/Dr_Lamb.1992.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.part2.rar

Language(s):Mandarin, Cantonese, English (Commentary only)
Subtitles:English

The post Danny Lee & Billy Hin-Shing Tang – Gou yeung yi sang AKA Dr. Lamb (1992) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Russell Edwards at Variety:
Domestic violence gets a compelling once-over in Hong Kong vet Ann Hui’s “Night and Fog,” which rises above its low-budget limitations on the basis of its hot-button topic and stellar performances. Establishing an air of fatalism at the start, this is a distinctly grim companion piece to Hui’s 2008 pic, “The Way We Are,” which offered a more benign portrait of the same Hong Kong town. Hui’s home fanbase should ensure respectable B.O. upon release in May for a subject many would like swept under the carpet. Further afield, the pic will become a fixture of quality fest programs.

A TV news report, watched by several women in different locations, tells of a murder-suicide involving a couple and their twin daughters in the outer Hong Kong projects of Tin Shui Wai. Flashbacks gradually reveal the backstory, as police interview neighbors and associates of the dead woman, Wong Hiu-ling (Zhang Jingchu), originally from the mainland.

Initially, a nervous neighbor, Mrs. Au (Amy Chum), recalls the woman’s reserved nature and the explosive temper of the husband, Lee Sum (Simon Yam). Later interviews, with Wong’s former co-habitants in a women’s shelter (spearheaded by Jacqueline Law’s tough-as-nails Lily), directly testify to the dead woman’s severe bruising and the persistent harassment of her husband.

The flashbacks are driven more by narrative concerns than by personal ones, deliberately revealing details that interviewees could not possibly know. Cheung King-wai’s script succinctly outlines various aspects — financial constraints, a whirlwind courtship, alcoholism — that contributed to the relationship’s violent nature.

While making it clear the sexually violent Lee has a mile-wide mean streak, the screenplay astutely makes room for Yam also to portray Lee’s appealing side. This humanizes, without excusing, his thuggish side, and helps to explain Wong’s initial attraction.

Yam’s layered perf is further aided by a sequence that shows Lee being falsely accused of one transgression he didn’t commit, and the pic’s most chilling moment comes when the thesp actually snarls into the camera. As the abused Wong, mainland actress Zhang also impresses.

Overall, the helming feels a little rushed, and the HD-to-35mm lensing is unexceptional. Other tech credits are good enough.

Chinese title, meaning “Tin Shui Wai: Night and Fog,” directly links it to “The Way We Are,” whose moniker translated as “Tin Shui Wai: Days and Nights.” For foreign viewers, the English title’s direct citing of Alain Resnais’ classic 1955 Holocaust docu seems unfortunate.

Camera (color, HD-to-35mm), Charlie Lam; editor, Kwong Chi-leung; music, Charlotte Chan; art director, Albert Poon; sound, Tu Duu-chih. Reviewed at Hong Kong Film Festival (opener), March 22, 2009. Running time: 117 MIN.

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Language:Mandarin, Cantonese
Subtitles:English

The post Ann Hui – Tin shui wai dik ye yu mo AKA Night and Fog (2009) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
A young woman is forced to marry an older man who runs a roadhouse saloon. She is constantly being raped by her husband, a drunken loutish brute. She harbors a young man wanted by the police in a murder case, and soon the fugitive and the young wife have a torrid affair as she continues to hide him from the authorities.

1.33GB | 1h 23m | 704×528 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/0A1750C463B5446/burning.snow-vhsrip.avi

Language:Cantonese
Subtitles:English (Hardcoded)

The post Patrick Tam – Xue zai shao AKA Burning Snow (1988) first appeared on Cinema of the World.